Jochen Peiper person

“In other words, this is a colonel who slaughtered our soldiers on the battlefield. After the war, Pieper was arrested as a top SS officer and placed on trial for the massacre. He denied the accusation but accepted responsibility for his men…”

“Where we picked up or where we left off. Skorzeny is very active at this point, helping Western intelligence. And remember that he has traveled around coordinating, getting all of his old paratroopers, SS people, all collectively together a…”

“arrived in Europe on July 30, 1948, two days after Skorzeny's escape from Camp David. Simpson's final report, which came out in September 1948, so a few months later, was critical of the trial proceedings and recommended that the 12 remaini…”

“had seen combat on both the eastern and western fronts for Hitler. Like Skorzeny, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for gallantry. His unit fought desperately passing through the town of Malmondy, the site where unarmed U.…”

“Pieper's death warrant had been commuted to a life sentence in January 1951, but the issue of Pieper was not taken lightly. And in fact, Pieper still languished in prison. The fact that he was still in prison was enough to irritate Skorzeny…”